Abattoir fined £12,000 after repeated 'warm meat' breaches

A Greater Manchester-based abattoir has been ordered to pay £12,000 after being found guilty of charges relating to the dispatch of over-temperature meat.

The Food Standards Agency said the 'breaches of public health regulations' were taken seriously by a court. The case concerned Higginshaw Abattoir Ltd, based in Royton, Oldham, which was also ordered to pay £20,000 towards court costs.

The FSA said the company was ordered to pay £12,000 in a fine after being found guilty of charges relating to the dispatch of 'over-temperature meat'.